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|  Series 3 has lots of good features
The cable card capability means it can be used with almost all cable company systems.
The SATA capability means lots of storage for HD recording.
And the multiple tuners allows high flexibility for combining OTA and cable or sat connections.
If it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I think Tivo may actually have a winner here. It may be a product that can keep them from going bankrupt.:D
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said by GOLFnSUN  :The cable card capability means it can be used with almost all cable company systems. The SATA capability means lots of storage for HD recording. And the multiple tuners allows high flexibility for combining OTA and cable or sat connections. If it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I think Tivo may actually have a winner here. It may be a product that can keep them from going bankrupt.:D The only thing I hope is that some of these cable and satellite companies actually SELL the cards. Look at computer built Tivos like Windows XP Media Center. They have been waiting and waiting for cable or satellite cards to no avail.
Why don't the cable and satellite companies start SELLING their cards so things like this Tivo become a reality?
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1 edit | said by Nightfall :The only thing I hope is that some of these cable and satellite companies actually SELL the cards. Look at computer built Tivos like Windows XP Media Center. They have been waiting and waiting for cable or satellite cards to no avail. Why don't the cable and satellite companies start SELLING their cards so things like this Tivo become a reality? I can't speak for all cable companies, but Comcast does offer cable cards to their customers. At least they do in my area. But they are rentable - just like their STBs.
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said by Nightfall :The only thing I hope is that some of these cable and satellite companies actually SELL the cards. Look at computer built Tivos like Windows XP Media Center. They have been waiting and waiting for cable or satellite cards to no avail. Why don't the cable and satellite companies start SELLING their cards so things like this Tivo become a reality? You are confused. Cable cards are not PC cards. CableCARD is a PCMCIA Type II card (like the cards you put into laptops for network or wireless access) that serves as an interface between third party tuners and the cable company.
Ask the PC tunner card manucafturers when they are goin to make a Cablecard compatable digital cable tunner card for a PC.
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said by GOLFnSUN :And the multiple tuners allows high flexibility for combining OTA and cable or sat connections. Where do the specs say that it has sat tuners? It has two QAM tuners, two ATSC tuners and two NTSC tuners. None of which can tune a sat signal.
If it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I think Tivo may actually have a winner here. It may be a product that can keep them from going bankrupt.:D If they actually release it. It was announced and demoed at last years CES too. |
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I'm in love.
The only question I have is will Series 2 and Series 3 units communicate with one another.
Series 1 and Series 2 do not ....
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Comcast here in Philly has CableCards available. |
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Just call your CableCo and ask for a CableCard, you'll probably have to ask a couple times before you get someone that understands what it is you want.
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said by bob000001 :said by Nightfall :The only thing I hope is that some of these cable and satellite companies actually SELL the cards. Look at computer built Tivos like Windows XP Media Center. They have been waiting and waiting for cable or satellite cards to no avail. Why don't the cable and satellite companies start SELLING their cards so things like this Tivo become a reality? You are confused. Cable cards are not PC cards. CableCARD is a PCMCIA Type II card (like the cards you put into laptops for network or wireless access) that serves as an interface between third party tuners and the cable company. Ask the PC tunner card manucafturers when they are goin to make a Cablecard compatable digital cable tunner card for a PC. I was talking about both to be honest, but thanks for the clarification. 
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The only thing I hope is that some of these cable and satellite companies actually SELL the cards
I think the companies have all been required to offer them for some time now. Getting them to actually work has been an adventure for some though.
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Ask the PC tunner card manucafturers when they are goin to make a Cablecard compatable digital cable tunner card for a PC.
They're coming, but won't be usable until Windows Vista. Forget about CableCard with MythTV until hackers crack it like they did DVD.
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said by djrobx :I think the companies have all been required to offer them for some time now. All cable companies that provide digital cable have to. People who cannot get digital cable obviously cannot get a cablecard since that goes over a digital system.
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Kompressor
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Yes. I also really like how you can FF through programming but not commercials. And how about the pop-up ads? Those are allot of fun! |
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JoshNJ
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said by Nightfall : Why don't the cable and satellite companies start SELLING their cards so things like this Tivo become a reality? They do not sell them, they are only available for rental for usually like $2 or so per month. The whole point of the cablecard is that it provides access to encrypted channels. They can only assure that people only access what they are supposed to if the cable company owns the card, to otherwise modify the card you could wind up in big trouble if you crack open the card or mess with it in any way.
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shashinka
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probably because that would mean that they would lose the revenue associated with their own DVRs |
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said by GOLFnSUN :The cable card capability means it can be used with almost all cable company systems. Not to mention they say it will be compatible with the next generation of cable cards when they eventually come out, which will allow dual tuner usage with just 1 card.
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said by imrf :If they actually release it. It was announced and demoed at last years CES too. What do you have against tivo as a company? They said last year it would be awhile before it would come out. Personally I am guessing they waited to be able to integrate support for the next generation of cable cards (while at this time last year the current cable cards were just really starting to roll out.)
Of course this unit will come out. Having all the features of the hd directivo plus built in nic plus hmo/hme makes this a killer unit, beats the cable companies dvrs by 10 miles.
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Series 1 units were never really meant to do anything. You can hook up one to the a network and actually get it to do the daily call over broadband but it does require some addtional hardware and a little hacking. |
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said by Kompressor :Yes. I also really like how you can FF through programming but not commercials. And how about the pop-up ads? Those are allot of fun! I can FF through commercials on my TiVo 2 box. |
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